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evilnekohilda
 Posts: 166 Location: Wichita, KS |
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The novels actually came out in Japan around 2000-2001. I guess with the recent flood of light novels into the American market, it shouldn't come as any surprise to see them appear now... :3 Major lulz at all of these UMD comments XD You guys are very imaginative XDDD |
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penguintruth
 Posts: 8461 Location: Penguinopolis |
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I personally thought that UMD got better after the timeskip, at least compared to the anti-climatic battle just before it, between the Mop Senshi and the "big bad" of that arc, "Muddy Boots" Murazaki. This new arc might be a little slow at times, but there's plenty of development for characters like Sano and Miko. Plus, who can forget the subtle anime movie tie-ins, like mentioning the Cleanser King from movie 7? Not the strongest material, but decent, and even the second act of Death Note got better later on.
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miggie
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No it's not real, everyone is just playing along with it. It was started in Anime News Nina so that he wouldn't get sued for making fun of an anime series. 
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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Well as someone who turned their backs on ice cream, because they were too good for it, to go all upscale with dippin dots what do you know anyway. Sorry our tastes aren't as refined as yours.  
There isn't anything wrong with Daisuke having the Goku hair style heh. |
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UtenaAnthy
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I'd love to see Chi's Sweet Home, it sounds like a fun series. |
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BrothersElric
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Are you kidding me!? You're ignorance astounds me!  How could a series that's only 3 volumes long have any depth to it at all? Why don't you drop all your 3 volume crap, develop a larger attention span and go read a series with real depth to it, like UMD? You 3-tard! I'll give you 2 guesses as to who I was parodying there, and one of 'em doesn't count.
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Patachu
Past ANN Contributor
 Posts: 1325 Location: San Diego |
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Oh gawd, please don't remind me of THAT person. Anyway, to be fair, there is a reason that Tezuka's Some Important Sounding Title is only 3 volumes, and that is because it was released IN AMERICA by Vertical, and we all know how much Vertical loves to make their manga volumes like 600 pages each in order to make their buyers feel important. But Daisuke is still cooler and epic-er, so have fun with your arty-farty avant-garde chicken-scratch no-actual-plotline Taiyo Matsumoto nouvelles mangas bullcrap you elitist wonks.
(And how sad is it that the most popular discussion thread in the history of my column is the one where I reviewed a fake manga?) |
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bglassbrook
 Posts: 1243 Location: Gaithersburg, MD |
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The reality of the FLCL is debatable though. I am kinda curious what additional insight is gained through the novel? While there is no doubt a lot of the more energetic parts ended up watered-down, I think I could count the number of new-content lines on one hand (with room left over for gesturing.) Hopefully the later books provide more insight before getting bogged down in the wrap-up. |
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roujin
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I will! That being said, UMD stands as an almost unparalleled achievement any way you look at it. |
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Shadowrun20XX
 Posts: 1935 Location: Vegas |
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That's the power of Daisuke.UMD-DX is no joke.The more you say "Ultimate Mop Daisuke-DX" out loud,the more popular you become.I tried it....and it WORKS!! 
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Aromatic Grass
 Posts: 2424 Location: Raleigh, NC |
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Maybe it will stay that way if you review a piece of UMD goodness every column? The gaiden, novels, doujin (YES)... vol. 28+?
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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Hey, you're partly to blame ya know. I mean you did give it an A+ and make history for your column. So one one hand you helped give the monster form hehe. |
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Not a Jellyfish
 Posts: 539 Location: Boston, MA |
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As Patachu said, it was only 3 volumes in America. In Japan it was 15! So, again, why don't you do your research before you talk to me. If any one here is lacking an attention span, it's those who don't have the patience to read something with depth and a little thing called SYMBOLISM. Maybe that's too much for you Daisutards to wrap your head around, though.
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zliplus
Posts: 27 Location: St. Jerome's, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
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The advantage of discussing a fake manga is that everyone can be creative and yet still have credibility without having read the manga in the first place. |
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Patachu
Past ANN Contributor
Posts: 1325 Location: San Diego |
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There's a bit more new content than that. In terms of additional insight, you get: - Naota's inner thoughts and childhood memories, in addition to what he says/does in the anime - deeper background on the Mamimi/Naota/Naota's-older-brother-in-America triangle - deeper background on Naota's family, namely his dad and grandfather - a few more hints on the whole Atomsk/Haruko/MM thing - what that Firestarter game that Mamimi kept playing in episode 2 was all about - etc. etc. I know I said it was short and followed the anime plotline very closely, but the writer does get a lot of mileage out of it. As someone else mentioned, the novel was released in Japan about the same time as the anime and so fills in the details that Gainax may have skimped on. |
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How can anyone possibly read this series and not cry, laugh, sit at the edge of their seat and go "that was one freaking epic battle!" Are your hearts made of stone? Do you not have any sense of humor? Are you such a boring, dull, lifeless human being that you couldn't find ANYTHING in this incredible little shounen series? I'm ashamed to even be talking to such people as you guys! You truly are the scum of the earth for not liking this series! And heck, you even know what? Any of you who think UMD is anything less than the greatest possible thing god had put on his green earth are no better! I hope you all burn!! 
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